Adjustable water-tank support for stoves or ranges.



No. 686,2l5. Patented Nov. 5, lem.

L. EDEL. ADJUSTABLE WATER TANK SUPPORT FR STVES 0R RANGES.

(Application led June 12, 1901.)

(No Model.)

willlm/ LUCAS EDEL, OF S'T. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO MAJESTIC MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

ADJUSTABLE WATER-TANK SUPPORT FOR STOVES OR RANGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters :Patent N0. 686,215, dated November 5, 1901. Application filed J une 12, 1901. Serial No. 611,206. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.:

Be it known that I, LUCASEDEL, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ad justable 'Water-Tank Supports for Stoves or Ranges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of ro this specification.

My invention relates to that class of stove and range water-tanks set forth iu Letters Patent of the United States No. 640,106, dated December 26, 1899, the object of the present invention being to provide meanswhereby the water-tank may be maintained in fixed contact with the wall of the fire-pot of the stove or range so that it will not travel away from said wall under the iniuence of za heat imparted thereto which tends to cause such travel and by displacing the tank creates a space between the fire-pot wall andthe tank for the passage of air to the detriment of the heating of the water in the tank. z5 My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a vertical sectional View through the fire-pot of a stove or range, the water-tank 3o and my appliance shown associated therewith. Fig. II is a vertical sectional view taken on line 1I II, Fig. I. Fig. III is an enlarged detail perspective view of fragments of the rock-shaft, supporting-bracket, and tank-receiving frame.

1 designates the fire-pot of a stove or range, provided with a recessed hre-front 21 3 designates the water-tank, having an eX- tension 4, adapted to enter the recess in the 4o front 2. Y

5 designates a pair of brackets mounted on the wall of a stove or range beneath the location of the firefront 2.

6 designates a carriage-frame mounted on the brackets 5 and adapted to be slid therein toward and from the stove or range wall and to carry the tank 3, which is mounted therein. On the under side of the frame 6, at the innermost side thereof, are grooved lugs 7. 5o 8 designates a rock-shaft mounted in the brackets 5 and provided with an operating handle 8, On the rock-shaft 8 are a pair of fingers 9, that fit in the grooves of the lugs '7, carried by the frame 6, and provide connection between said rock shaft and frame, 55 whereby when said shaft is rocked the frame may be slid inwardly and outwardly on the brackets 5 to carry the water-tank 3 to or away from the fire-front 2, according to requirements. l

It has been found that heat causes the n1ovably-mounted tank to travel away from the fire-front and create a space between said fire-front and the tank, thereby rendering the heating action upon the tank deficient, and to overcome this objection I provide the rock-shaft 8 with means whereby the sliding carriage 6 is held from movement so that the water-tank may be maintained in contact with the lire-front. The means referred to 7o will now be described.

On the rock-shaft 8 is a cam 10, located in proximity to one of the brackets 5, and carried by the bracket at such location is a curved protuberance 11, positioned adjacent to the cam 10. When the rock-shaft 8 is rocked to carry the sliding frame 6 inwardly toward the stove or range wall, the cam 10 is moved into contact with the protuberance 11, thereby furnishing friction between said 8o members, which acts to prevent retrograde movement of the rock-shaft,and consequently provides for the maintenance of the shaft in the position into which it has been moved, so that the frame 6 is held from movement and 85 the water-tank is held against the fire-front, as desired.

I claim as my invention- The combination with a stove or range, of a pair of supporting-brackets mounted on the 9o wall of said stove or range, a frame slidably mounted on said brackets, a rock shaft mounted in said brackets and having engagement with said frame, a cam carried by said rock-shaft, and a protuberance projecting from one of said brackets and adapted to be engaged by said cam, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LUCAS EDEL.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

